Shell fined for Corrib noise and light pollution from New Year's gas flare

Shell Ireland has been fined €1,000 and ordered to pay €15,000 in legal costs for causing light and noise pollution from a gas flare during start-up testing at the Corrib gas terminal in Co Mayo.

The prosecution was brought by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following complaints from people living around the Bellanaboy Bridge area in Co Mayo, the location of Shell’s terminal to bring in gas from the Corrib gas field 65km offshore.

Shell E&P Ireland Ltd, which operates the controversial gas project, pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court yesterday to breaching two counts of the Environmental Agency Protection Act during “flaring” tests on the night of New Year’s Eve.